KEELEY, Edmund

KEELEY, Edmund. American (born Syria), b. 1928. Genres: Novels, Novellas/Short stories, History, Literary criticism and history, Travel/Exploration, Translations. Career: Princeton University, NJ (joined faculty, 1954), Charles Barnwell Straut Professor of English Emeritus, Professor of English and Creative Writing Emeritus, Hellenic Studies Program, Director Emeritus. Publications: The Libation, 1958; The Gold-Hatted Lover, 1961; The Impostor, 1970; Modern Greek Poetry: Voice and Myth, 1983; A Wilderness Called Peace, 1985; The Salonika Bay Murder, 1989; School for Pagan Lovers, 1993; Albanian Journal, 1996; George Seferis and Edmund Keeley: Correspondence, 1951-1971, 1997; Inventing Paradise: The Greek Journey, 1937-47, 1999; On Translation: Reflections and Conversations, 2000; Some Wine for Remembrance, 2001. EDITOR: (with P. Bien) Modern Greek Writers, 1972; Voyage to a Dark Island, 1972; Cavafy's Alexandria, 1976; (with P. Sherrard) Odysseus Elytis: Selected Poems, 1981; (co) The Legacy of R.P. Blackmur: Essays, Memoirs, Texts, 1987; The Essential Cavafy, 1995. TRANSLATIONS: (with P. Sherrard) Six Poets of Modern Greece, 1960; (with M. Keeley) V. Vassilikos, The Plant, The Well, The Angel, 1964; (with P. Sherrard) Four Greek Poets, 1966; (with P. Sherrard) George Seferis: Collected Poems, 1967; (with G. Savidis) C.P. Cavafy: Passions and Ancient Days, 1971; (with P. Sherrard) C.P. Cavafy: Selected Poems, 1972; (with G. Savidis) Odysseus Elytis: The Axion Esti, 1974; (with P. Sherrard) C.P. Cavafy: Collected Poems, 1975; Ritsos in Parentheses, 1979; (with P. Sherrard) Angelos Sikelianos: Selected Poems, 1979; (with P. Sherrard) The Dark Crystal, Voices of Modern Greece, 1982, as A Greek Quintet, 1992; Yannis Ritsos: Exile and Return, Selected Poems 1967-1974, 1985; Yannis Ritsos: Repetitions, Testimonies, Parentheses, 1991. Address: 140 Littlebrook Rd, Princeton, NJ 08540, U.S.A. Online address: keeley@princeton.edu